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H.R. 1909: Environmental Health Workforce Act of 2017

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H.R. 1909: Environmental Health Workforce Act of 2017

115th Congress · introduced 2017-04-05 · Health · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2017-04-05 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Lawrence, Brenda L. [D-MI-14] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Environmental Health Workforce Act of 2017

Plain summary

Environmental Health Workforce Act of 2017 This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to develop model standards and guidelines for credentialing environmental health workers. HHS must develop a comprehensive and coordinated plan for the environmental health workforce that includes performance measures and identifies: (1) any gaps between existing programs and future environmental health workforce needs, (2) actions needed to address any identified gaps, and (3) any additional statutory authority required by HHS to implement identified actions. The Government Accountability Office must identify best practices related to training and credentialing environmental health professionals in six states, based on the examination of three states that have credentialing requirements for environmental health workers and three that do not. The bill also amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to specify that environmental health workers are eligible for public service loan forgiveness.

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Official text

Environmental Health Workforce Act of 2017

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Lawrence, Brenda L. [D-MI-14] · 11 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Adam Smith (D-WA)

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Bill
A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).
Statute
A written law passed by a legislature. A statute can be changed by a later law; changing a constitution needs an amendment.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong115-hr1909 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115